Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
CRUSHED.
- .na Ladies Of the West End Resent
h Imputation That They Are In Alb

r. .na Ladies' NJ the West End Resent
IN. Imputation That They Are In Alb
sect Terror ON Account Of burglars.
A spirited delegation OF two ladies in
coded the business Office OF a MINER
Yesterday and inquired for the city edltor'
~ vas not in. The editor was sent ior.
The ladies bore an air OF un~comprom'slns
determination before which he quailed. ITO
what am ] indebted. ladies" he nattef'ns'
~ began.
1--WE came to see the young man who
s,a ndered the ladies living on West Broad
vav in that disgracefuI way in your paper
this morning." said the smaller OF the Dee
:. tim with a look OF severity about tne
Corner. of her mouth that BODIED the young
man in question no good. ill.,
..The Young mans mother 10 a wioow
and be j. her only support, LADIES. trus'
con will deal gently with hlm, apo'oge'i-
cally remarked the editor. -,
"Well If he ISLANDERS us with any more ~
h;s vile ~insinuatinns OF our lack OF spirit
and contemptible jokes about m'stak,ne
the assessors black dog Tor a Duig'a !,
there's a club in store Tor him, tnats VI,
was the reply in a tone Of wounded nonU..
YES" added the taller lady, ana imt
idea of his making ms say be heavens ie1
no oniltv man ESCAPED l hope l know the
Oueen's English better than to use such an
expression as that. ~
The editor suggested that PresidentIs
| Enplish was good enough for this cOunIry
and the lady retorted that Queens En-
|rlish was good enough for her. The smut
| was unanswrrable. He then inquired IL
the report that Mr.. Haldorn'spremlses had
been invaded had any foundation:
"Of course it has. Mrs. Ha!dorn o's'
tinctIy saw the man at the window Trying
! to get in. and he was seen running away Dy
| a lsdv who lives opposite. But it's the
mean insinuation of cowardice we resent,
continued the lesser OF the delegation IRON
the ladies Of the West End.
Eyes" added her companion. Your re
porter was just as scared OF the fellow "heL
| they brought him into the house and con
fronted him with the servant girl as ne Ma.
the hardin God to pretend we are. he sa,
as far as he could from him and behavec
like a great coward, as I've no douo1 n'
is."
rIIow we do smile.-CITY ED
IAN we want" said the other lady. VII
to have him distinctly understand he'd bet
ter leave us out OF any OF bis would-b
funnv items again il he values his comfort
The ladies If the West End want to b.
severely let alone by reporters-and bur
glars"
"Well, I'll answer for the reporter, but
can't promise you immunity from the bur
glars said the editor with a faint CLEAN
humor which was instantly quenched D.
the severity with which the ill.timed lok'
was received. And by way OF removing tn
bad impression be had made he added:
"I1l see the police and have them pa.
more attention to the " est End OF tow
than they have been. There must besome
thing lax about their discipline when sue
bold attempts on citizens houses are mad
al you state"
The ladies bowed in a way that left
painful doubt as to whether they REGARDED
the police as OF the slightest account pres
ent or absent and retired.
Addendum-Both editors have left tow
on a fishing excursion and will not be bac'
this year.